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[quote=Anonymous]Back to OP's original question:

We are in teh district and looked for a social skills group for our son when he was age 4, and ultimately struck out.  I called a zillion psychologists, OTs, etc inside the beltway, none of whom were currently offering groups for that age.  There was one group our in, i think, Falls Church. But it was after work/school and we decided that would have been a stressful disaster for us to get to every week for 10 weeks.

To echo something another PP said, we spoke to a psychologist who said she tended not to do groups at that age because the adhd and asd kids are often functioning well enough in one-on-one settings and get thrown off in a bigger settings. But putting them in a group with 3 kids (a) doesn't provide the level of chaos they need in order to disrupt their social functioning (thus, no learning opportunities) and (b) at that age, they are mostly unable to take what they learn in a small group setting and apply outside of the context of the class.  So i had a couple experts tell me not to bother at this age. To keep doing regular playdates and reassess at 6 or 7.

We did also ask our preschool director about it, and she looked into whether any other kids at the school might be a good fit to make a small social skills group and bring in a private psychologist every week, but she wasn't able to find anyone else. [/quote]

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